Experience

Laini has an impressive combination of psychology qualifications and almost 20 years' experience in business, human resources, coaching and consulting, in Australia and the UK. Laini’s experience spans the public and private sectors, national and global multinational organisations, and has included mergers, demergers and acquisitions.

In the late 1990s, while working at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia evaluating the effectiveness of its human resources interventions, Laini coached senior leaders, drawing on her innate ability to engage with them and influence their decisions regarding their return on investment.

Laini’s subsequent role was with the Hay Group, a human resource management consultancy, in Australia and the UK. Laini specialised in leadership assessment and development. This involved assessing leaders against behavioural models and developing their capability around gaining stakeholder buy-in, transitioning from operational to strategic roles, leading teams, emotional intelligence and coaching skills.

Since 2002, Laini has established and run executive coaching companies in the UK and Australia. She has gained significant experience working with middle to senior management around issues such as developing leadership styles, gaining buy-in, managing teams, promotion to leadership roles, developing and raising personal profile and increasing self-awareness to build longer term leadership capability.

Laini leverages her broad and diverse experience to effectively navigate her clients through a mix of climates, cultures and political landscapes. She has to hand a broad range of tools, techniques and methodologies that she draws on to help her clients achieve their business outcomes. She has a warm yet challenging style that assists her clients in becoming more focused, influential and successful.

Maternity coaching is a special interest which sees her working with parents and organisations to successfully navigate and manage transitions into and out of parental leave.

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications

• Accredited Business Coach Program – Coaching Trainer and Tutor, Meylor Campbell, UK, 2003
  
• Professional Business Coaches Program, The School of Coaching, Strathclyde University UK, 2002
  

Business qualifications and business experience (selected)

• Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of New South Wales, 1991
  
• Business owner, UK and Australia
  
• Senior Consultant, Hay Group
  
• Project Manager, Leadership Talent Program, UK & Australia
  
• Human Resources Executive (acting), UK Bank, United Kingdom
  
• Manager, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Selected client organisations

Clients include: Credit Suisse, AMP, Telstra, Fujitsu, Freehills, IAG, Alfa Laval, Sydney Water, Thales University, Westfield, ING Direct, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, IBM, Gilbert + Tobin, Talent 2, UBS Warburg, Cargill, Bank of America, The Australian Defence Force, Unilever. In the UK; AMP, Sainsbury’s, Boots Pharmacy Marks and Spencer, United Business Media, The Pearl Centre, Diligenta, Bowmaker Sharpe Recruitment, Royal Bank of Scotland, King & Toben Recruitmente

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations

• Registered Psychologist
  
• Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
  
• Member, APS College of Organisational Psychologists
  
• Member, worldwide panel of Credit Suisse Global Executive Coaches.

Instrument Accreditations

Behavioural Event Interview (BEI), Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI),
Genos EI, Inventory of Leadership Styles (ILS),
Organisational Climate Survey (OCS)